The Lilongwe Resident Magistrate Court has sentenced three years imprisonment businessperson Esnart Nenani Ndovi following her conviction on her own plea of guilty over a Cashgate transaction amounting to K12.9 million ($23,035). After her own plea, the court convicted Ndovi on charges of money laundering which attracts a maximum sentence of 10 years and lending […]
Sydney Ndembe, a self-professed well-wishing Malawian, has launched a fundraising campaign whose aim is to buy Pres Peter Mutharika an official presidential jet. Ndembe who has pegged the price of purchasing the jet at an approximate K12 billion (US$20 million), has himself made a contribution of K200 000 towards the campaign. Advertising in local press , Ndembe […]
Professor Steve Chimombo’s death, recently announced, has robbed Malawi of one of its finest writers and educators, whose contribution in particular to the growth of a national tradition of literature in English has been substantial. Among the nation’s most prolific writers, his work was often not only experimental, but also wide-ranging in its choice of […]
A former employ for SOS in Lilongwe was on Monday at around 1 O’clock in the afternoon involved in a fatal road accident that claimed her life. The accident involved a Toyota Sprinter registration number BP 41 and Toyota Hiace registration number MJ 5653. In the Hiace two people were seriously injured and 16 minor […]
Congregation at Livingstonia synod breakaway church, Kanengo CCAP on Sunday prayed under heavy police guard following a High Court ruling that vested the church building land in the hands of the Livingstonia synod trustees. The presence of the armed police in camouflage battle gear however did not deter the congregation praising and singing led by […]
Malawian prophet based in South Africa Shepherd Bushiri has made an announcement that his Enlightened Christian Gathering Church (ECG) will now embark on a project to construct a mega prayer building that will take up 60,000 people in South Africa. The announcement was made during a Sunday Service which was live on his television Prophetic Channel. According […]
Bishop of the Southern Diocese of Malawi Right Reverend Alinafe Kalemba on Sunday conferred confirmation to candidates from Soche and Chilomoni Parishes in Blantyre with a call for commitment so that God’s Ministry continues to grow. “This is a great moment and make sure that you fulfil your promises. Let the word of God be […]
Eye of the Child, a local nongovernmental organisation aimed at improving the welfare of children says Balaka and Machinga is topping in child trafficking of under-age girls to cities and towns for prostitution. The organisation’s executive director Maxwell Matewere told the media Saturday that out of 89 girls rescued in the last year by his […]
Hail storm continues to cause havoc in Malawi as 1000 people have been made homeless in Dedza, Mzimba, Rumphi and Karonga and plants have been washed away. In Dedza, Zione Viyazi, the district department of disaster and management officer said 700 people are homeless and have lost all their property after the hail storm demolished […]
A woman in her twenties was on Friday forced to give birth in public transport in Dowa after health workers failed to give her ambulance transport from Mponela Health Centre to Dowa District Hospital due to fuel shortage. Hospital staff at both Mponela Health Centre and Dowa District Hospital confirmed the incident on Saturday describing […]
The US government has come in swiftly and handy to curb rampant medicine drugs in public hospitals by constructing drug warehouses at public health facilities. The US and the Malawi governments have since signed a memorandum of understanding, paving the way for the construction of the warehouses that will now enable authorities determine who went […]
A suspect who was answering charges of trafficking 89 bags of indian hemp was on Thursday found dead in a police cell in Salima after he allegedly committed suicide by stabbing himself with an object in the stomach and chest. Salima police spokesman Gift Chitowe identified the deceased suspect as Alex Juma. Chitowe said the […]
Malawi government says it has finally managed to secure K13 billion in donor money to resuscitate the ailing public hospitals, including the buying of enough food so that patients can have three meals a day. Adrian Chikumbe, spokesman for ministry of health could not however disclose the donors but said they money would be given […]
President Arthur Peter Mutharika has urged the country’s disciplined forces to remain committed and patriotic in persevering peace in the country just as they do when deployed for international peace keeping mission. He made the remarks on Friday during the commissioning of 45 officer cadets at Malawi Armed Forces College (MAFCO) in Salima. The cadets were commissioned […]
One of the accused person in the shooting of former budget director in the ministry of finance Paul Mphwiyo, Mcdonald Kumwembe has mentioned former minister of finance in the United Democratic Front (UDF) government, Friday Jumbe and former Peoples Party official Hophmally Makande as some of his witnesses to testify in court as he enters […]
Information minister Jappie Mhango says government will not be stampeded into passing the Access to Information bill into law under pressure from donors. Mhango said this Thursday during an interview with Capital Radio’s Day Break Malawi program after a journalist told him that the delay in passing the bill is holding K80 billion in European […]
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) Livingstonia Synod on Thursday won the case against break-a-way faction of the Kanengo congregation, in which they were fighting over church premises and property. The High Court in Lilongwe has since ordered the rebellious congregation to vacate the church premises and handover all properties to the Synod including bank […]
Case of Shooting of former budget director in the ministry of Finance, Paul Mphwiyo has now entered defence where first accused Mcdonald Kumwembe ex Malawi Defence Force soldier, second accused businessman Pika Manondo and former justice minister Raphael Kasambara are now defending themselves on charge of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The matter which […]